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Subject: Halo: Reach Beta Weekend FAQ
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Posted by: recon636
Does this mean it won't be out till late in the day for the UK? :(


Yes >:(

  • 05.02.2010 12:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: Pietownguy
So there's no point in staying up until midnight on Sunday?

Nope get a good night's sleep. You'll need all the rest you can get.

  • 05.02.2010 12:23 AM PDT

there are alot of people that had to pay 6o dollars just to play the beta(i was almost one of them) and find that there are more than 1,000 people that get to play it with out really haveing to pay anything at all before us. unfortunately we all cant be on the site or watch tv 24/7 for a code like most of the 1,ooo people who got one probubly did, some of use have to work or go to school, the code is comeing out in one day im sher you can wait a day or so, like me i cant play the game on monday till late because the only days i have to my self are the weekend plus i have to share a xbox with my younger brother, but im able to wait, i was mad too when i went threw every singal code i could find to see if one still worked only to find none of them did. bungie has also falsly banned me and my friend from awer file shares and we are still playing, so stop complaining and just wait another day

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  • 05.02.2010 12:23 AM PDT

This is horrible. Im from england and that means that for me the beta will go live at like 5 in the afternoon, at peak times for english internet use, and i will not be able to play it on monday at all because i have -blam!- internet. And after being told that the codes would be here on saturday, then sunday and now the halo 2 codes will probably reach me on wednesday. Bungie, i implore you, release the codes at 8 im the morning in your timezone. Then i might, and a lot of people in the uk might, be able to play in on the bank holiday. If not, then at least give more downloading support to uk players because if it is after 3:30 that the beta is released then there will be heaps of lag

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  • 05.02.2010 12:38 AM PDT
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I declare Neap

Well I'm lucky that I did manage to snatch one of the codes Bungie handed out and I can say that the beta is enjoyable and many will be enjoying it come Monday. I understand how it feels to wait while a few people are already playing, but there isn't much longer to wait now. It is worth the wait, despite a few problems.

That being said.


It really pisses me off to see all the people using the line "I'm a loyal customer who bought ODST, spent $60 and other people are playing first". Completely ignoring the fact that you didn't pay $60 JUST for the Beta, what people are failing to realise is that the vast majority of people playing the beta right now have bought ODST too. They are just as loyal as you are - some of them more so.

I would be willing to bet that over 90% of the people playing the beta now have also bought ODST, Halo 3, and probably H:CE and H2. You honestly can't tell me that someone busily refreshing Bungie.net to find codes, people who are F5'ing like crazy on Twitter so they can try to get codes that people have posted aren't loyal Halo fans. If I wasn't a loyal Halo fan, why would I bother wasting so much time?

I'm not meaning to bash people from this post, but I think people need to use a little more common sense and show some maturity before mindlessly whining.

[Edited on 05.02.2010 12:54 AM PDT]

  • 05.02.2010 12:53 AM PDT

What's everyone's best guess to release time? How late is late morning?

  • 05.02.2010 12:55 AM PDT

Many thanks Sketch, I needed this.

  • 05.02.2010 1:22 AM PDT
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5 and a half hours to go till beta for australia

  • 05.02.2010 1:27 AM PDT

Delta. Alpha. November. Indigo. Echo. Lima.

Posted by: Ninjadude989
Many thanks Sketch, I needed this.


I definately needed this, In fact this would have been awesome yesterday... :) Thanks Sketch.

  • 05.02.2010 1:30 AM PDT

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Posted by: superhumanoskar
5 and a half hours to go till beta for australia


no, that's what's iritating us not from the us. It comes out their time, so we have to wait untill late Monday or even almost Tuesday for you

  • 05.02.2010 1:33 AM PDT

Late morning PST? Say that's 11AM, I won't get to play until it's 7PM here (GMT). Great. It's a Bank Holiday too. I was expecting to play all day.

  • 05.02.2010 1:43 AM PDT

halo 3 is the best game.... and i OWN in it :)

i cant wait till then! :D

  • 05.02.2010 1:52 AM PDT
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Watching the sands of change in this world of ours. OIF 07-10

I just want to know if it will be on international servers for those of us stationed overseas.

  • 05.02.2010 2:00 AM PDT

I'm just a guy like you that plays halo.

I'm fibe with everything despite the time for the UK. May 3rd? more like May 4th.

  • 05.02.2010 2:00 AM PDT

When BUNGIE spreads the word is it by email, xbox live, bungie.net, ect

  • 05.02.2010 2:14 AM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
I blame stosh.


Proud tester of the Halo 3 beta.

God damn, I can't wait!

  • 05.02.2010 2:46 AM PDT

(') (')
(0_o) ROAR!!!
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No urk this time....
hmmm sketch you must write more things on the update page i like it.

  • 05.02.2010 2:48 AM PDT

Basically bungie employees are bunch of force colnels on halo 3 who enjoy infection, only someone stupid as an bungie employee would post 1000 codes on the forum for random call of duty people to get. im disapointed with the way they have been distributed.

  • 05.02.2010 3:18 AM PDT

Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
The Beta is awesome :)


Pretty much sums it up, right there.

  • 05.02.2010 3:20 AM PDT

Quick as a razor, sharp as a bullet.

what seems like the entire world (except for you) playing early
Couldn't have put it better myself.

-_-

  • 05.02.2010 3:22 AM PDT

wow just wow, you really dont deserve the beta, the good people just test the beta aka people like me who have played the game since it came out! im 100% sure you would never beat me in halo 3

  • 05.02.2010 3:23 AM PDT

Quick as a razor, sharp as a bullet.

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Posted by: recon636
Does this mean it won't be out till late in the day for the UK? :(


Yes >:(

Unless someone sends me their unneeded H2 code. Which is now being sent out on the day, seriously, what's the point in that? I bet most of those people are hardcore enough to have ODST.

  • 05.02.2010 3:28 AM PDT

this s so freakin unfair... just because i'm in the UK I have to wait until 6pm to get the beta...

  • 05.02.2010 3:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: Commander Stroll
Still using a pump-action shotgun over 500 years in the future I see.

omg not realistic stop game production plz

Well, at least this is experience of how not to organise a Beta. Hey, it gives you some "What not to do" tips for the future, Bungie.

- DON'T let random companies throw out handfuls of codes to randomers for fun.
- DON'T just copy/paste codes everywhere.
- DON'T let Microsoft tell everyone the H2 codes are "today, later, in 24 hours, 5 days, on May 3rd".

No offense, but the way you've organised this, it seems like you've just planned it as "GIVE LOADS OF CODES. OPEN FOR REAL ON MONDAY. LET MICROSOFT SORT OUT REST."

  • 05.02.2010 4:11 AM PDT

Pronounced "Nay-uss"

Late morning? You lazy bastards.

  • 05.02.2010 4:12 AM PDT